St. Paul will get its new Lake Como eatery, but it'll cost big

St. Paul will seek a new vendor for the Como Lakeside Pavilion after paying $800,000 to settle a lease dispute with the previous tenant, coffee shop Black Bear Crossings.

The city last week OK'd the settlement, which resolved a lawsuit by Black Bear that the city breached its 2009 lease. St. Paul officials last year told Black Bear owner David Glass that it wouldn't renew its five-year-deal, and made public comments that he'd been late with payments. Glass said city officials wanted a bigger restaurant and tried to pressure him into partnering with Sea Salt, the near Minnehaha Falls.